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  • PasserbyePasserbye Registered User
    This was a few years ago, but IIRC it was a powder that you added water to.

    The stains didn't come out very well, did they? Water's one of the worst things you can mix henna powder with.

    Still, it's cool that you've got past experience with it. Henna's fun to play with. :D

  • NocturneNocturne Registered User regular
    Abdhyius wrote: »
    the "games are art" debate is really boring

    I actually find it a lot more interesting than debates on religion, philosophy, music, or pretty much anything else that goes on here on any regular basis.

    That being said I've also debated it a few times so yeah I'm not really all excited about it

    But I don't think it's any more boring or silly than other debates, and in fact think it is a lot less boring than most

  • descdesc the '87 stick-up kids Registered User regular
    My eyelid keeps twitching.

    It means I have eye-AIDS, doesn't it.

  • ChanusChanus Registered User regular
    I mean... the man is no Gene Shalit

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  • JustinSane07JustinSane07 __BANNED USERS regular
    Preacher, your hard on for Ebert is sickening.

  • PreacherPreacher Registered User regular
    Ok where in this paragraph.

    The story takes place in the future, after Man has devastated the planet and survives in the form of beings with magical powers allowing them to influence earth, water and fire. These warring factions are held in uneasy harmony by the Avatar, but the Avatar has disappeared, and Earth lives in a state of constant turmoil caused by the warlike Firebenders.

    Are we to imply that this is Ebert misinterpreting the story of the show or is he relating what the movie explains as the story set up? I mean I haven't seen the movie, and I doubt you have, so passer, tell me how ebert is messing up the origin from this paragraph with your knowledge.

  • PreacherPreacher Registered User regular
    Preacher, your hard on for Ebert is sickening.

    I love throat fucking him, its like a vagina but with a man.

  • ElendilElendil Registered User regular
    was anyone actually expecting the movie to be any good

    I mean honestly

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  • NocturneNocturne Registered User regular
    Preacher, your hard on for Ebert is sickening.

    Well to be fair the fact that Preacher's penis looks like a rat gnawing on an inside-out sausage has nothing to do with Ebert

  • ChanusChanus Registered User regular
    Elendil wrote: »
    was anyone actually expecting the movie to be any good

    I mean honestly

    You know how nerds are with their nerdy things.

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  • PasserbyePasserbye Registered User
    Preacher wrote: »
    Ok where in this paragraph.

    The story takes place in the future, after Man has devastated the planet and survives in the form of beings with magical powers allowing them to influence earth, water and fire. These warring factions are held in uneasy harmony by the Avatar, but the Avatar has disappeared, and Earth lives in a state of constant turmoil caused by the warlike Firebenders.

    Are we to imply that this is Ebert misinterpreting the story of the show or is he relating what the movie explains as the story set up? I mean I haven't seen the movie, and I doubt you have, so passer, tell me how ebert is messing up the origin from this paragraph with your knowledge.

    If he's describing the movie story set up then obviously he's correct. If he's trying to imply that this is what's happening in the original series, he's about 90% wrong. In the series there is no indication that the story takes place in the future or even on Earth (given the strange animals and plants shown), nor is there any indication that the nations fought with each other (or were even in 'uneasy harmony' with each other) until the Fire nation decided to take over the planet about 150 years before the story begins.

    He's not clear on whether he's trying to describe the series or the movie in that part of his review. Given that it has mostly nothing to do with the series, I'm going to guess that he's not familiar with the series at all and is only commenting on the movie.

  • VariableVariable Analrapist InsertmeanywhereRegistered User regular
    I would say that 100% he is talking about the movie right there, I don't see a reason to believe otherwise.

    I'm afraid I just blue myself
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  • skippydumptruckskippydumptruck FAK U HODGEHEG Registered User regular
    Elendil wrote: »
    was anyone actually expecting the movie to be any good

    I mean honestly

    I think it looks cool

    I have watched a little bit of the show

    it seems okay except I only want to watch the episodes that advance the story and not the wacky hijinks

  • Dunadan019Dunadan019 Registered User regular
    hey, you can fix that oven pretty easily with a new element and a clip.

    I DON'T WANT A FIRE

    it's not gonna cause a...

    IM GONNA BUY A NEW STOVE

    Mental midgets kill my inner child.
  • PasserbyePasserbye Registered User
    Variable wrote: »
    I would say that 100% he is talking about the movie right there, I don't see a reason to believe otherwise.

    I tend to agree with you on this. Preacher's idea was that he's trusting Ebert partly because it would seem, to Preacher at least, that the guy has a 'passing knowledge' of the series, which is unlikely.

  • OptimusZedOptimusZed Registered User regular
    Chanus wrote: »
    Elendil wrote: »
    was anyone actually expecting the movie to be any good

    I mean honestly

    You know how nerds are with their nerdy things.
    It'll "suck" even if it doesn't suck?

    We're reading Rifts. You should too. You know you want to. On Hiatus!

    GT: batshido Hit me up on ME3.
  • descdesc the '87 stick-up kids Registered User regular
    Can I be tomorrow at 4:00 PM already?

    Cannot focus at work.

    :l

  • ChanusChanus Registered User regular
    OptimusZed wrote: »
    Chanus wrote: »
    Elendil wrote: »
    was anyone actually expecting the movie to be any good

    I mean honestly

    You know how nerds are with their nerdy things.
    It'll "suck" even if it doesn't suck?

    Yeah, and then the outrage when it turns out it does suck, as predicted... or drooling and fawning when it turns out to be mediocre.

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  • VariableVariable Analrapist InsertmeanywhereRegistered User regular
    Passerbye wrote: »
    Variable wrote: »
    I would say that 100% he is talking about the movie right there, I don't see a reason to believe otherwise.

    I tend to agree with you on this. Preacher's idea was that he's trusting Ebert partly because it would seem, to Preacher at least, that the guy has a 'passing knowledge' of the series, which is unlikely.

    well he at least spoke to the animation style in the review multiple times, doesn't say much but he has some level of knowledge.

    I'm afraid I just blue myself
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  • PasserbyePasserbye Registered User
    desc wrote: »
    Can I be tomorrow at 4:00 PM already?

    Cannot focus at work.

    :l

    Pretty sure you can't become a time period, sorry.

  • descdesc the '87 stick-up kids Registered User regular
    Dunadan019 wrote: »
    hey, you can fix that oven pretty easily with a new element and a clip.

    I DON'T WANT A FIRE

    it's not gonna cause a...

    IM GONNA BUY A NEW STOVE

    Is this the part where you volunteer to help them move the old stove out and then receive a free stove which only requires a new element and clip?

  • ChanusChanus Registered User regular
    Nerds! SkyNet is deciphering 3,500-year-old languages!

    http://io9.com/5576734/computer-program-deciphers-a-dead-language-that-mystified-linguists

    And here I am struggling with Arabic.

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  • descdesc the '87 stick-up kids Registered User regular
    Passerbye wrote: »
    desc wrote: »
    Can I be tomorrow at 4:00 PM already?

    Cannot focus at work.

    :l

    Pretty sure you can't become a time period, sorry.

    YOU NEVER LET ME BE ANYTHING

  • PasserbyePasserbye Registered User
    Variable wrote: »
    Passerbye wrote: »
    Variable wrote: »
    I would say that 100% he is talking about the movie right there, I don't see a reason to believe otherwise.

    I tend to agree with you on this. Preacher's idea was that he's trusting Ebert partly because it would seem, to Preacher at least, that the guy has a 'passing knowledge' of the series, which is unlikely.

    well he at least spoke to the animation style in the review multiple times, doesn't say much but he has some level of knowledge.

    That can be accomplished by watching the opening credits, the animation style is fairly distinctive.

  • PreacherPreacher Registered User regular
    Passerbye wrote: »
    Variable wrote: »
    I would say that 100% he is talking about the movie right there, I don't see a reason to believe otherwise.

    I tend to agree with you on this. Preacher's idea was that he's trusting Ebert partly because it would seem, to Preacher at least, that the guy has a 'passing knowledge' of the series, which is unlikely.

    So you glean this knowledge from nothing then? Ok well then thats good, glad to hear it. In the review itself he mentions.

    Now for the movie itself. The first fatal decision was to make a live-action film out of material that was born to be anime. The animation of the Nickelodeon TV series drew on the bright colors and "clear line" style of such masters as Miyazaki, and was a pleasure to observe. It's in the very nature of animation to make absurd visual sights more plausible.


    Now to be aware of the art style and how it was a "pleasure to observe" can we not imply that he watched an episode or two of the show? But what do I know I'm just reading the review itself and not just making half assed assumptions.

  • ElendilElendil Registered User regular
  • Robos A Go GoRobos A Go Go Registered User regular
    Preacher wrote: »
    Passerbye wrote: »
    Variable wrote: »
    I would say that 100% he is talking about the movie right there, I don't see a reason to believe otherwise.

    I tend to agree with you on this. Preacher's idea was that he's trusting Ebert partly because it would seem, to Preacher at least, that the guy has a 'passing knowledge' of the series, which is unlikely.

    So you glean this knowledge from nothing then? Ok well then thats good, glad to hear it. In the review itself he mentions.

    Now for the movie itself. The first fatal decision was to make a live-action film out of material that was born to be anime. The animation of the Nickelodeon TV series drew on the bright colors and "clear line" style of such masters as Miyazaki, and was a pleasure to observe. It's in the very nature of animation to make absurd visual sights more plausible.


    Now to be aware of the art style and how it was a "pleasure to observe" can we not imply that he watched an episode or two of the show? But what do I know I'm just reading the review itself and not just making half assed assumptions.
    You know the saying, "When you use half your ass to make an assumption, you make an ass out of half your ass."

  • Dunadan019Dunadan019 Registered User regular
    desc wrote: »
    Dunadan019 wrote: »
    hey, you can fix that oven pretty easily with a new element and a clip.

    I DON'T WANT A FIRE

    it's not gonna cause a...

    IM GONNA BUY A NEW STOVE

    Is this the part where you volunteer to help them move the old stove out and then receive a free stove which only requires a new element and clip?

    I don't need two stoves.

    Mental midgets kill my inner child.
  • NocturneNocturne Registered User regular
    Speaking of Skynet and nerdery

    Stolen from reddit but still awesome.

  • OrganichuOrganichu Registered User regular
    god i want like

    a plate of hot pancakes with a little butter and some syrup

    side of sausage links

    huge glass of orange juice

    fux

  • PasserbyePasserbye Registered User
    Let me repeat - knowing the animation style is not an indication that he knows the series, just that he's watched the opening credits, perhaps a single episode. I wouldn't consider knowing what it looks like to be 'passing knowledge' of the series.

    And yes, I read the review, thank you.

    Now calm down Preacher, I don't know what you're getting upset about here.

  • AbdhyiusAbdhyius Registered User regular
    Passerbye wrote: »
    Preacher wrote: »
    Ok where in this paragraph.

    The story takes place in the future, after Man has devastated the planet and survives in the form of beings with magical powers allowing them to influence earth, water and fire. These warring factions are held in uneasy harmony by the Avatar, but the Avatar has disappeared, and Earth lives in a state of constant turmoil caused by the warlike Firebenders.

    Are we to imply that this is Ebert misinterpreting the story of the show or is he relating what the movie explains as the story set up? I mean I haven't seen the movie, and I doubt you have, so passer, tell me how ebert is messing up the origin from this paragraph with your knowledge.

    If he's describing the movie story set up then obviously he's correct. If he's trying to imply that this is what's happening in the original series, he's about 90% wrong. In the series there is no indication that the story takes place in the future or even on Earth (given the strange animals and plants shown), nor is there any indication that the nations fought with each other (or were even in 'uneasy harmony' with each other) until the Fire nation decided to take over the planet about 150 years before the story begins.

    He's not clear on whether he's trying to describe the series or the movie in that part of his review. Given that it has mostly nothing to do with the series, I'm going to guess that he's not familiar with the series at all and is only commenting on the movie.

    why on earth would he even talk about the series even if he had knowledge of it in the review for the movie?

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  • _J__J_ Pedant Registered User regular
    Why do bottles of beer not have Nutritional Information labels?

    Wydrion wrote: »
    ...Or you can sit around in the thread calling _J_ a cocksucker, you know, whatever's more constructive.
  • ElendilElendil Registered User regular
    Organichu wrote: »
    god i want like

    a plate of hot pancakes with a little butter and some syrup

    side of sausage links

    huge glass of orange juice

    fux
    ask nexus to mail it down

    in a manila envelope

    padded, of course

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  • ChanusChanus Registered User regular
    Nocturne wrote: »
    Speaking of Skynet and nerdery

    Stolen from reddit but still awesome.

    I get the 1337 part and that the answer is 42, but I feel like I'm missing more intricate parts of the joke.

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  • RiemannLivesRiemannLives Registered User regular
    Chanus wrote: »
    Nerds! SkyNet is deciphering 3,500-year-old languages!

    http://io9.com/5576734/computer-program-deciphers-a-dead-language-that-mystified-linguists

    And here I am struggling with Arabic.

    Daaaamn that is a misleading headline. Interesting article once you get past the bullshit that comprises the first half or so though.

    What you think "makes sense" has nothing to do with reality. It just has to do with your life experience. And your life experience may only be a small smidgen of reality. Possibly even a distorted account of reality at that. So what this means is that, beginning in the 20th century as our means of decoding nature became more and more powerful, we started realizing our common sense is no longer a tool to pass judgment on whether or not a scientific theory is correct. - Neil Degrasse Tyson
  • descdesc the '87 stick-up kids Registered User regular
    Dunadan019 wrote: »
    I don't need two stoves.

    Gotcha. Okay then, resume being annoyed at them.

  • ChanusChanus Registered User regular
    _J_ wrote: »
    Why do bottles of beer not have Nutritional Information labels?

    Because if people knew beer was great for growing children, it would upset the natural order.

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  • Donkey KongDonkey Kong and a cast of thousands Registered User regular
    Dunadan019 wrote: »
    hey, you can fix that oven pretty easily with a new element and a clip.

    I DON'T WANT A FIRE

    it's not gonna cause a...

    IM GONNA BUY A NEW STOVE

    When did you talk to my mother on the phone? How did you get her number?!

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  • NerdgasmicNerdgasmic __BANNED USERS regular
    ELENDIL


    TONIGHT

    WE GET OUR BORDERLANDS ON

    @nealcm @faynor
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